Franz Leonard Elfert

Anomalies, analog hand print: a covered entrance with steps and a person at the door, cut through by a white, irregular blank patch
Anomalies, Polaroid 1 of 8: an almost blank, pale greenish-white surface
Anomalies, Polaroid 2 of 8: a pale cream surface with two faintly visible smiling female faces and fine dark cracks along the lower left edge
Anomalies, Polaroid 3 of 8: a deep blue surface with horizontal turquoise streaks and two small points of light near the bottom
Anomalies, Polaroid 4 of 8: a dark blue surface with a bright turquoise band along the top
Anomalies, Polaroid 5 of 8: a dark blue surface, its upper edge eaten into by a jagged brown area
Anomalies, Polaroid 6 of 8: an almost black, deep blue surface
Anomalies, Polaroid 7 of 8: a dark navy surface with faint horizontal bands
Anomalies, Polaroid 8 of 8: a pale beige surface with faint marks along the edges

Anomalies

2019–2021
Series in nine parts
8 Polaroids, each 11 × 9 cm
1 analog hand print, 24 × 18 cm

Ausstellungstext

In der Serie Anomalies richtet sich der Blick auf fotografische Abweichungen – Störungen, die durch Fehler im analogen Entwicklungsprozess entstehen: beschädigtes Material, chemische Reaktionen, Fehlbelichtungen.

Was in der technischen Logik als Makel gilt, wird hier zum zentralen Moment. Die Arbeit versteht Fotografie als fassbares Medium, dessen Prozess offen für Zufall und Imperfektion bleibt.

In einer Gegenwart, in der Abweichungen zunehmend eliminiert werden, verweist Anomalies auf die produktive Kraft des Unberechenbaren.

Exhibition text

In the series Anomalies, the focus is directed toward photographic deviations – disturbances caused by errors in the analog development process: damaged material, chemical reactions, and incorrect exposure.

What is considered a flaw within technical logic becomes the central element of the work. The series approaches photography as a tangible medium whose process remains open to chance and imperfection.

At a time when deviations are increasingly eliminated, Anomalies points to the productive force of the unpredictable.

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